About Us
Established in 2005 Red Carpet Hospitality has been giving expert advice and support to hospitality asset owners, entrepreneurs and operators.
Our services cover the broad spectrum of hospitality businesses including concept development, market research, real estate sourcing, design development, project execution, product sourcing, client representation, alliances and contracts, manpower hiring, pre-opening, operations management and other requirements.
In 2016, Red Carpet Hospitality established the Project Procurement Outsourcing (PPO) division and ventured to International markets.
Headquartered in the outsourcing capital of the world – Bangalore, India, Red Carpet PPO intends to leverage the deep domain knowledge of its Founders along with the cost-competitiveness of India and easily available skilled manpower to bring together an offering which would provide promoters and developers flexibility, efficiency and cost savings in Project Procurement
Shariq Wajid
Founder
After a thriving career with hotel brands such as The Taj Group, The Oberoi Group and The Serena Group, Shariq founded Red Carpet Hospitality in 2005.
With an experience of over 20 years in Hospitality Project Development including Market Research, Design & Construction, Procurement & Logistics, Project Implementation, Operations Management, Training & Development, Shariq looks after the PPO operations and project execution at the Red Carpet PPO head office located in Bangalore, India.
Jothi Basu
Principal Consultant
With over 23 years experience in hospitality finance and procurement Jyoti's area of specialization is FF&E and OS&E procurement for hospitality and other institutional projects.
After a rich experience in Finance and Procurement departments of various hotels, Jyoti has worked with leading Procurement Management companies and handled more than 15 FF&E and OS&E procurement projects of international hospitality brands.
Jyoti is located in Dubai, UAE and manages the operations and customer outreach in the MEA region.
Saleem Basaria
Principal Consultant
Highly experienced finance and management professional, who is also a CPA & CGA from Canada.
For more than 20 years, Saleem has handled various leadership positions in Finance, Audits & IT of Hotels, Community Centres and Institutions.
Settled in Toronto, Canada, he looks after the growth and business activities of Red Carpet PPO in Canada and North America.
The Team
Leadership
Red Carpet PPO is headed by a team of professionals who are experts in procurement, management & finance. The team recognized a gap in the field of project procurement and adopted tenets of Business Process Outsourcing to develop a unique offering.
ASSOCIATES & ADVISERS
With a network of highly experienced and qualified associate consultants in different cities and countries, Red Carpet Hospitality has the expertise for a whole gamut of hospitality related products and services.
Rajagopal Setlur
A CA by qualification and a highly experienced finance professional who has been associated with leading brands of hospitality industry in various leadership positions for over 3 decades.
Based in Dubai, Rajagopal advises Red Carpet PPO in legal and financial matters relating to International Trade.
Tanvir Nizam
A seasoned hospitality professional with over 22 years of experience in F&B Projects Development, Operations and Training, Tanvir has been instrumental in setting up of operations of various F&B formats in India and overseas.
Tanvir assists with the F&B related PPO activities of Red Carpet PPO.
N C Sharma
A highly experienced Human Resource and Training professional, NC has worked with various hospitality brands handling lead positions in HR, Training and IR.
NC helps Red Carpet PPO with sourcing qualified manpower for various projects.